Re: no sound = no Audio Device??

Sara Pedersen wrote:
I cant get any sound to play on my computer. I cant even get
Volume Control from the Entertainment menu in Acessories. When I
click on Volume Control I get a message saying there is no active
mixer devices available.
In the Sound and Audio devices in Control Panel, there is no Audio
Device. Do I have to re-install and audio device? How do I do that
and where do I do that?
thanks, this is very frustrating as I'm not very good with
computers.

You need to be sure you have the correct driver installed..
A driver is software that allows your hardware to communicate with your
operating system (Windows XP.)

You must know what sound card you have. Look on your receipt/invoice for
the computer - ask the people you bought the system from, open it up and
look, etc.

There are applications out there that can identify what hardware you have,
but I think they all depend on a properly installed system - as I think they
pull the information from the registry. Perhaps they do not - so I will
recommend you try one..

Belarc Advisor
http://belarc.com/free_download.html

Once you know what you have, what next? Go get the latest driver for your
hardware/OS from the manufacturer's web page. For example, let's say you
have an NVidia chipset video card or ATI video card, perhaps a Creative
Labs sound card or C-Media chipset sound card...

NVidia Video Card Drivers
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

ATI Video Card Drivers
http://www.atitech.com/support/driver.html

Creative Labs Sound Device
http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/

C-Media Sound Device
http://www.cmedia.com.tw/e_download_01.htm

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